OK, so pretty much everyone knows about the original Nancy Drew Series, which is one of my faves. But now there are new ones coming out! Nancy Drew, Girl Detective by Carolyn Kenne (the author’s code name) are new stories […]
Continue reading »Month: November 2011
You Wouldn’t Want To… Series
I was in the educational aisle at the library, which I NEVER go to except when my mom says I have to, and was looking for something that wouldn’t bore me to death. Well, I found these books. The You […]
Continue reading »The Underland Chronicles
The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins is about a boy named Gregor who lives with his family in an apartment building in New York. While he is in the laundry room, his 2-year-old sister gets pulled into a vent, and […]
Continue reading »Extra Credit
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements is a book about a girl named Abby who needs extra credit to go on to 6th grade. Her teacher gives her a few options for what to do, and Abby picks a having a pen […]
Continue reading »The City of Ember
The City of Ember by Jeanna DuPrau is about a city of people who believe that there is no other place besides their city and the darkness. It was built over 300 years ago, with a supply of running water, stored […]
Continue reading »Molly Moon
The Molly Moon series by Georgia Byng is about an orphan named Molly Moon. She has always felt like an ugly nobody because of the bully at the orphanage and the orphanage directer, who hate her. That all changes when […]
Continue reading »The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is about a little boy whose family is killed by a man named Jack. The little boy narrowly escapes and wanders into a nearby graveyard. Several ghosts that inhabit the graveyard decide to keep him as their own They name […]
Continue reading »Drita, My Homegirl
Drita is a girl who is from Kosovo, which is located in southeastern Europe. She moves to America to escape the war, but it’s hard to be happy when she can’t speak English. Maxie is a kid who is very […]
Continue reading »Out of My Mind
Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper is about a 11-year- old girl named Melody. She is a genius- she can make up poems and songs, her vocabulary is advanced, and she has a photographic memory. But there is a catch. […]
Continue reading »Judy Bolton Mysteries
The Judy Bolton books by Margaret Sutton is a book series that was written from 1932-1967. It is the longest lasting juvenile series written by a single author. (So hey, they have to be pretty good, right?!) In the books, […]
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